David Warner vs James Anderson was one of the defining rivalries of the Ashes era in the 2010s and beyond. It was between the best batter in Australia and the best fast bowler in the world. David Warner recently retired from Test Cricket and now James Anderson has announced that he will retire at Lord’s this summer. David Warner has won ICC tournaments in all formats of the sport whereas Jimmy Anderson was not as fortunate.
David Warner
David Warner is one of those rare players in the history of international cricket to have played 100 Matches in all 3 formats for Australia. He has been selected in the T20I World Cup Squad for 2024 which will happen in West Indies and USA. He has played 112 Test Matches and has scored 8786 runs at an average of 44.60. He has smashed 26 Hundreds In Test Cricket as well as 3 double hundreds and a triple century against Pakistan. David Warner won the ICC World Test Championship in 2023. He has played 161 ODIs for Australia in which he has made 6932 runs for Australia. He has hit 22 hundreds in ODI Cricket. He has won the 2015 and 2023 ODI World Cup trophies. David Warner has also played in 103 T20IS till now and he has made 3099 runs. He has 1 century in this format as well. David Warner has won the 2021 T20I World Cup.
James Anderson
James Anderson has announced his retirement from Test Cricket recently. He will play his last test match at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground. He has been the backbone of England bowling for over 20 years. He has played 188 Test Matches which will be the second most of all time. He has taken a whopping 704 Test Wickets which is a feat so rare and unbelievable that he Is only the third overall bowler and the first fast bowler to achieve this. There will never be another fast bowler who will break this record. He has taken 32 Five Wicket Hauls and 3 times he has taken 10 wickets in a Test Match. He has also taken 269 Wickets in 194 ODIs. He has taken 991 International wickets. He was not able to win an ICC tournament in his legendary career. Here are Anderson's best performances in test cricket
Head to Head
James Anderson has bowled 735 balls to David Warner in Test Cricket since 2013. They have faced each other for a decade. David Warner has hit 366 runs against James Anderson and he has been dismissed 10 times by the legendary fast bowler.
In ODI Cricket, Jimmy Anderson has bowled 65 balls to David Warner in which David has made 39 runs while being dismissed 2 times.
Memorable Encounters
Their first Memorable Encounter was in the 2013 Ashes series. This was in the 5th Test in the first innings. David Warner was dismissed by Jimmy Anderson for 6 runs. James Anderson only bowled 3 balls in this innings to David Warner. In the second innings of this Test Match as well it was Jimmy Anderson who got David Warner out for 12 runs. James Anderson bowled 15 balls in this innings. This test match took place from 21st August 2013 at The Oval.
In the 1st Test Match of the series in 2013 which was played in Brisbane from 21st November. David Warner hit a magnificent century in the second innings. He made 124 runs. James Anderson bowled 31 balls in this innings to David Warner. He only took 154 balls to make 124 runs.
In 2017, David Warner vs James Anderson took place in a memorable Encounter. It was the 4th Test and David Warner hit 103 runs in the first innings. James Anderson got him out In the end. James Anderson bowled 42 Balls to David Warner In this innings.
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